Vijedi, JanetMaiyo, Julius K.Mutsotso, Stanley N.2026-04-162026-04-162020-04-16Vijedi, J., Maiyo, J. K. & Mutsotso, S. N. (2020). Effects of HIV and AIDS Strategic interventions used at the workplace at TSC Headquarter on productivity of TSC staff. International Journal of Management Studies and Social Science Research, 2(2), pp. 37-44.2582-0265http://erepository.kibu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/11546Journal ArticleHIV and AIDS is a major public health, socio-economic and development challenges globally. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has a Sub-Sector Policy on HIV and AIDS in the Workplace which is implemented by its Wellness Division at the Headquarter and sub-ACUs at the decentralized levels including all public educational institutions countrywide. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to investigate the effects of HIV and AIDS Strategic Interventions used by managers at the workplace on the productivity of staff at TSC Headquarters in Nairobi County of Kenya. The main objective was to establish whether the HIV and AIDS workplace interventions at the Commission headquarter are in line and guided by the Commission’s HIV and AIDS Policy. The specific objectives included: to determine the current HIV and AIDS’ strategic interventions used at the workplace at TSC Headquarter in Nairobi County, to establish the effects of HIV and AIDS strategic interventions used at the workplace at TSC Headquarter on productivity of staff and to find out the challenges facing the managers when dealing with employees in relation to HIV and AIDS. A survey design was used to guide the study. Purposive and stratified random sampling techniques were used to select the study sample. The study area was TSC Headquarters, which is located in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study population totaled 3000 comprising managers, supervisors, and policymakers drawn from the TSC’s headquarter. A sample size of 351 respondents was thus drawn from this study population. The theory adopted for this study was the Contingency theory. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and questionnaires. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics with the application of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 16.0. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Content analysis was also carried out on qualitative data obtained from the in-depth interviews. The study found out that HIV and AIDS affect the productivity of both managers and staff in equal measure mainly through absenteeism which results in loss of working hours, work overload, loss of morale and increased cost of production. Some of the strategic interventions used to reverse the effects of HIV and AIDS on the productivity of staff. The TSC Sub Sector Workplace Policy on HIV exists and has made several achievements though the policy has not been fully implemented due to various hindrances and HIV is yet to be demystified by some of the staff since stigma still exists. The majority of the managers and staff at the TSC headquarter in Nairobi are knowledgeable about the basic facts about HIV and/ or AIDS effects, prevention, effects of the interventions on staff productivity, and hindrances to policy implementation and what can be done to improve the strategic responses in place and thereby confirming related studies in this field. Some managers at the workplace are involved in responding to the pandemic and seem to have a sense of responsibility and consciousness towards dealing with HIV at the workplace. Testing of HIV serostatus is not a prerequisite for recruitment at the Commission. Even though preventative and informative-focused interventions and campaigns seem to reach most of the staff, whether, through mass media or other avenues, it is also argued that continued educational campaigns are required, to also guide managers and supervisors in terms of discussions on HIV and/or AIDS with their staff. The study concluded that managers acknowledged the existence and the effects of HIV and AIDS on them and the staff. HIV and AIDS and its effects were being handled more openly through discussions and counseling. Additionally, most of the strategic interventions used in the workplace by managers motivate staff productivity. From the findings, in order to address the gaps in staff productivity in the commission, it was recommended that there was a need to include information on the disclosure of HIV and/or AIDS status in ways and by people that can potentially reduce the possibility of stigma and discrimination. Furthermore, effective communication should be done for creating awareness and everyone to be well sensitized on issues surrounding HIV. Everyone has a collaborative and inclusive strategy should be well employed.enEffectsHIV &AIDSinterventionsproductivitystrategicTSC staffArticle